By Investing.com – Italy stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Financials, Telecoms and Industrials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Milan, the Investing.com Italy 40 fell 1.30%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com Italy 40 were Leonardo SpA (BIT:LDOF), which rose 1.37% or 0.34 points to trade at 25.22 at the close. Meanwhile, Hera (BIT:HRA) added 0.47% or 0.02 points to end at 3.39 and Inwit (BIT:INWT) was up 0.31% or 0.03 points to 9.56 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Telecom Italia (BIT:TLIT), which fell 4.14% or 0.01 points to trade at 0.23 at the close. Banca Popolare di Sondrio ScpA (BIT:BPSI) declined 3.85% or 0.29 points to end at 7.38 and FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA (BIT:FBK) was down 3.63% or 0.55 points to 14.47.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Milan Stock Exchange by 359 to 152 and 57 ended unchanged.
Crude oil for January delivery was down 0.16% or 0.11 to $69.06 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in January fell 0.22% or 0.16 to hit $73.14 a barrel, while the December Gold Futures contract rose 0.66% or 17.35 to trade at $2,631.95 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was unchanged 0.11% to 1.06, while EUR/GBP unchanged 0.04% to 0.84.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 106.15.